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Ang 328 · Guru Granth Sahib Ji

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਜਾ ਕੈ ਹਰਿ ਸਾ ਠਾਕੁਰੁ ਭਾਈ ॥

jaa kai har saa tthaakur bhaaee |

One who has the Lord as his Master, O Siblings of Destiny

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ਮੁਕਤਿ ਅਨੰਤ ਪੁਕਾਰਣਿ ਜਾਈ ॥੧॥

mukat anant pukaaran jaaee |1|

- countless liberations knock at his door. ||1||

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ਅਬ ਕਹੁ ਰਾਮ ਭਰੋਸਾ ਤੋਰਾ ॥

ab kahu raam bharosaa toraa |

If I say now that my trust is in You alone, Lord,

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ਤਬ ਕਾਹੂ ਕਾ ਕਵਨੁ ਨਿਹੋਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

tab kaahoo kaa kavan nihoraa |1| rahaau |

then what obligation do I have to anyone else? ||1||Pause||

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ਤੀਨਿ ਲੋਕ ਜਾ ਕੈ ਹਹਿ ਭਾਰ ॥

teen lok jaa kai heh bhaar |

He bears the burden of the three worlds;

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ਸੋ ਕਾਹੇ ਨ ਕਰੈ ਪ੍ਰਤਿਪਾਰ ॥੨॥

so kaahe na karai pratipaar |2|

why should He not cherish you also? ||2||

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਇਕ ਬੁਧਿ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

kahu kabeer ik budh beechaaree |

Says Kabeer, through contemplation, I have obtained this one understanding.

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ਕਿਆ ਬਸੁ ਜਉ ਬਿਖੁ ਦੇ ਮਹਤਾਰੀ ॥੩॥੨੨॥

kiaa bas jau bikh de mahataaree |3|22|

If the mother poisons her own child, what can anyone do? ||3||22||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਬਿਨੁ ਸਤ ਸਤੀ ਹੋਇ ਕੈਸੇ ਨਾਰਿ ॥

bin sat satee hoe kaise naar |

Without Truth, how can the woman be a true satee - a widow who burns herself on her husband's funeral pyre?

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ਪੰਡਿਤ ਦੇਖਹੁ ਰਿਦੈ ਬੀਚਾਰਿ ॥੧॥

panddit dekhahu ridai beechaar |1|

O Pandit, O religious scholar, see this and contemplate it within your heart. ||1||

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ਪ੍ਰੀਤਿ ਬਿਨਾ ਕੈਸੇ ਬਧੈ ਸਨੇਹੁ ॥

preet binaa kaise badhai sanehu |

Without love, how can one's affection increase?

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ਜਬ ਲਗੁ ਰਸੁ ਤਬ ਲਗੁ ਨਹੀ ਨੇਹੁ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

jab lag ras tab lag nahee nehu |1| rahaau |

As long as there is attachment to pleasure, there can be no spiritual love. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਾਹਨਿ ਸਤੁ ਕਰੈ ਜੀਅ ਅਪਨੈ ॥

saahan sat karai jeea apanai |

One who, in his own soul, believes the Queen Maya to be true,

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ਸੋ ਰਮਯੇ ਕਉ ਮਿਲੈ ਨ ਸੁਪਨੈ ॥੨॥

so ramaye kau milai na supanai |2|

does not meet the Lord, even in dreams. ||2||

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ਤਨੁ ਮਨੁ ਧਨੁ ਗ੍ਰਿਹੁ ਸਉਪਿ ਸਰੀਰੁ ॥

tan man dhan grihu saup sareer |

One who surrenders her body, mind, wealth, home and self

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ਸੋਈ ਸੁਹਾਗਨਿ ਕਹੈ ਕਬੀਰੁ ॥੩॥੨੩॥

soee suhaagan kahai kabeer |3|23|

- she is the true soul-bride, says Kabeer. ||3||23||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਬਿਖਿਆ ਬਿਆਪਿਆ ਸਗਲ ਸੰਸਾਰੁ ॥

bikhiaa biaapiaa sagal sansaar |

The whole world is engrossed in corruption.

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ਬਿਖਿਆ ਲੈ ਡੂਬੀ ਪਰਵਾਰੁ ॥੧॥

bikhiaa lai ddoobee paravaar |1|

This corruption has drowned entire families. ||1||

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ਰੇ ਨਰ ਨਾਵ ਚਉੜਿ ਕਤ ਬੋੜੀ ॥

re nar naav chaurr kat borree |

O man, why have you wrecked your boat and sunk it?

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ਹਰਿ ਸਿਉ ਤੋੜਿ ਬਿਖਿਆ ਸੰਗਿ ਜੋੜੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

har siau torr bikhiaa sang jorree |1| rahaau |

You have broken with the Lord, and joined hands with corruption. ||1||Pause||

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ਸੁਰਿ ਨਰ ਦਾਧੇ ਲਾਗੀ ਆਗਿ ॥

sur nar daadhe laagee aag |

Angels and human beings alike are burning in the raging fire.

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ਨਿਕਟਿ ਨੀਰੁ ਪਸੁ ਪੀਵਸਿ ਨ ਝਾਗਿ ॥੨॥

nikatt neer pas peevas na jhaag |2|

The water is near at hand, but the beast does not drink it in. ||2||

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ਚੇਤਤ ਚੇਤਤ ਨਿਕਸਿਓ ਨੀਰੁ ॥

chetat chetat nikasio neer |

By constant contemplation and awareness, the water is brought forth.

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ਸੋ ਜਲੁ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਕਥਤ ਕਬੀਰੁ ॥੩॥੨੪॥

so jal niramal kathat kabeer |3|24|

That water is immaculate and pure, says Kabeer. ||3||24||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਜਿਹ ਕੁਲਿ ਪੂਤੁ ਨ ਗਿਆਨ ਬੀਚਾਰੀ ॥

jih kul poot na giaan beechaaree |

That family, whose son has no spiritual wisdom or contemplation

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ਬਿਧਵਾ ਕਸ ਨ ਭਈ ਮਹਤਾਰੀ ॥੧॥

bidhavaa kas na bhee mahataaree |1|

- why didn't his mother just become a widow? ||1||

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ਜਿਹ ਨਰ ਰਾਮ ਭਗਤਿ ਨਹਿ ਸਾਧੀ ॥

jih nar raam bhagat neh saadhee |

That man who has not practiced devotional worship of the Lord

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ਜਨਮਤ ਕਸ ਨ ਮੁਓ ਅਪਰਾਧੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

janamat kas na muo aparaadhee |1| rahaau |

- why didn't such a sinful man die at birth? ||1||Pause||

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ਮੁਚੁ ਮੁਚੁ ਗਰਭ ਗਏ ਕੀਨ ਬਚਿਆ ॥

much much garabh ge keen bachiaa |

So many pregnancies end in miscarriage - why was this one spared?

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ਬੁਡਭੁਜ ਰੂਪ ਜੀਵੇ ਜਗ ਮਝਿਆ ॥੨॥

buddabhuj roop jeeve jag majhiaa |2|

He lives his life in this world like a deformed amputee. ||2||

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੈਸੇ ਸੁੰਦਰ ਸਰੂਪ ॥

kahu kabeer jaise sundar saroop |

Says Kabeer, without the Naam, the Name of the Lord,

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ਨਾਮ ਬਿਨਾ ਜੈਸੇ ਕੁਬਜ ਕੁਰੂਪ ॥੩॥੨੫॥

naam binaa jaise kubaj kuroop |3|25|

Beautiful and handsome people are just ugly hunch-backs. ||3||25||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਜੋ ਜਨ ਲੇਹਿ ਖਸਮ ਕਾ ਨਾਉ ॥

jo jan lehi khasam kaa naau |

I am forever a sacrifice to those humble beings

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ਤਿਨ ਕੈ ਸਦ ਬਲਿਹਾਰੈ ਜਾਉ ॥੧॥

tin kai sad balihaarai jaau |1|

Who take the Name of their Lord and Master. ||1||

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ਸੋ ਨਿਰਮਲੁ ਨਿਰਮਲ ਹਰਿ ਗੁਨ ਗਾਵੈ ॥

so niramal niramal har gun gaavai |

Those who sing the Glorious Praises of the Pure Lord are pure.

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ਸੋ ਭਾਈ ਮੇਰੈ ਮਨਿ ਭਾਵੈ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

so bhaaee merai man bhaavai |1| rahaau |

They are my Siblings of Destiny, so dear to my heart. ||1||Pause||

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ਜਿਹ ਘਟ ਰਾਮੁ ਰਹਿਆ ਭਰਪੂਰਿ ॥

jih ghatt raam rahiaa bharapoor |

I am the dust of the lotus feet of those

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ਤਿਨ ਕੀ ਪਗ ਪੰਕਜ ਹਮ ਧੂਰਿ ॥੨॥

tin kee pag pankaj ham dhoor |2|

Whose hearts are filled with the All-pervading Lord. ||2||

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ਜਾਤਿ ਜੁਲਾਹਾ ਮਤਿ ਕਾ ਧੀਰੁ ॥

jaat julaahaa mat kaa dheer |

I am a weaver by birth, and patient of mind.

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ਸਹਜਿ ਸਹਜਿ ਗੁਣ ਰਮੈ ਕਬੀਰੁ ॥੩॥੨੬॥

sehaj sehaj gun ramai kabeer |3|26|

Slowly, steadily, Kabeer chants the Glories of God. ||3||26||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਗਗਨਿ ਰਸਾਲ ਚੁਐ ਮੇਰੀ ਭਾਠੀ ॥

gagan rasaal chuai meree bhaatthee |

From the Sky of the Tenth Gate, the nectar trickles down, distilled from my furnace.

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ਸੰਚਿ ਮਹਾ ਰਸੁ ਤਨੁ ਭਇਆ ਕਾਠੀ ॥੧॥

sanch mahaa ras tan bheaa kaatthee |1|

I have gathered in this most sublime essence, making my body into firewood. ||1||

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ਉਆ ਕਉ ਕਹੀਐ ਸਹਜ ਮਤਵਾਰਾ ॥

auaa kau kaheeai sehaj matavaaraa |

He alone is called intoxicated with intuitive peace and poise,

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ਪੀਵਤ ਰਾਮ ਰਸੁ ਗਿਆਨ ਬੀਚਾਰਾ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥

peevat raam ras giaan beechaaraa |1| rahaau |

who drinks in the juice of the Lord's essence, contemplating spiritual wisdom. ||1||Pause||

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ਸਹਜ ਕਲਾਲਨਿ ਜਉ ਮਿਲਿ ਆਈ ॥

sehaj kalaalan jau mil aaee |

Intuitive poise is the bar-maid who comes to serve it.

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ਆਨੰਦਿ ਮਾਤੇ ਅਨਦਿਨੁ ਜਾਈ ॥੨॥

aanand maate anadin jaaee |2|

I pass my nights and days in ecstasy. ||2||

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ਚੀਨਤ ਚੀਤੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਲਾਇਆ ॥

cheenat cheet niranjan laaeaa |

Through conscious meditation, I linked my consciousness with the Immaculate Lord.

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ਕਹੁ ਕਬੀਰ ਤੌ ਅਨਭਉ ਪਾਇਆ ॥੩॥੨੭॥

kahu kabeer tau anbhau paaeaa |3|27|

Says Kabeer, then I obtained the Fearless Lord. ||3||27||

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Bhagat Kabir Ji · Raag Gauree

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ਗਉੜੀ ਕਬੀਰ ਜੀ ॥

gaurree kabeer jee |

Gauree, Kabeer Jee:

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ਮਨ ਕਾ ਸੁਭਾਉ ਮਨਹਿ ਬਿਆਪੀ ॥

man kaa subhaau maneh biaapee |

The natural tendency of the mind is to chase the mind.

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